The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 146: gloomy hostility
Chapter 146: Gloomy and Violent
“Shut up!” the emperor roared angrily. How could he have given birth to such a cowardly son?
Prince Liang and Tong Ji were so frightened that they huddled together and dared not utter a single sound.
Bai Qingyan stood behind the Grand Princess, watching quietly, with no emotion in his heart.
The emperor pinched his brows and frowned, saying to Dali Temple Minister Lu Jin: “Lu Jin, you go and ask!”
After Lu Jin saluted the emperor respectfully, he looked at Xiao Ruohai and asked, “Did you capture Liu Huanzhang and the guards of Prince Liang’s mansion?”
Xiao Ruohai nodded: “It’s a commoner!”
“Please tell me the whole story…”
Xiao Ruohai, who was covered in blood, showed no fear. He kowtowed respectfully and said, “I don’t know how the personal servant of King Liang made an appointment to meet Chunyan, the personal maid of our eldest girl. I only know that as soon as the funeral procession came back today, the maidservant beside the eldest girl took Chunyan and the servant beside King Liang to ask the eldest princess to make a decision for the eldest girl! They said that King Liang wanted Chunyan to put the love letter written by His Highness to the girl in the study of the King of Zhenguo. King Liang would find a way to let someone find the letter, and then ask for the eldest girl’s hand on the grounds that the Duke had said that he would hold a wedding for King Liang and the eldest girl after returning from the expedition, and by the way, take this girl named Chunyan as a concubine! Chunyan agreed! The servant named Tong Ji also told Chunyan not to open the letter, because opening the letters of younger generations is not the style of King Zhenguo. Tong Ji said that he was waiting at the back corner door, and asked Chunyan to put it quickly and tell him!”
Xiao Ruohai spoke in a clear and slow voice, making it easy for people to follow him.
After hearing this, Chunyan could no longer hold back her fear. She wanted to cry and beg Bai Qingyan for mercy, but she was afraid of the emperor’s majesty and almost fainted several times.
“As a result, our fourth daughter, who is very upright in character, wanted to see what was written in the letter that could force our eldest daughter to marry the King of Liang, so she opened it in public! Unexpectedly, the content was actually a letter from the King of Zhenguo to secretly communicate with the enemy country! There was also a so-called handwritten letter from the King of Zhenguo attached to it, but the handwritten letter was written by Emperor Gaozu!” Xiao Ruohai raised his eyes and glanced at Tong Ji, “At this point, you can ask the King of Liang’s personal servant whether it is true or not.”
Lu Jin looked at Tong Ji and Chun Yan: “Yes or no?”
Chunyan’s tears fell down, and she opened her mouth but was so nervous that no sound came out.
Tong Ji nodded weakly: “That’s right, but…”
Without waiting for Tong Ji to continue, Xiao Ruohai continued, “I was standing on a high step at the time, and saw a panicked man squeeze out of the crowd and leave in a hurry. I thought something was wrong, so I led a team to follow him. Unexpectedly, I saw that panicked man enter the Liang Palace! I sent one person back to report to the master and wait for instructions. Who knew that in less than half an incense stick of time, I saw this person hurriedly coming out of the Liang Palace and galloping away on a fast horse…”
Xiao Ruohai glanced at Tian Weijun and said, “So, I led some people to chase him quietly to find out what happened. Unexpectedly, we chased him to a shop selling paper offerings and heard Liu Huanzhang’s voice! Liu Huanzhang collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, killing all the men in our Bai family. We are filled with hatred… We, the loyal servants of the Bai family, wanted to capture Liu Huanzhang alive! Unexpectedly, this master from the Liang Palace, who was extremely skilled, saw that he could not save Liu Huanzhang from us, so he killed him with a sword! You can ask the two guards of the Liang Palace whether it is true or not.”
Gao Sheng’s expression remained unchanged, he knelt there without saying a word.
Tian Weijun lowered his head and said nothing.
Xiao Ruohai stopped talking, giving Gao Sheng and Tian Weijun a chance to explain. Neither of them spoke, so Lu Jin said, “Go on…”
Xiao Ruohai then continued, “After that extremely skilled lord killed Liu Huanzhang, he saw that we had captured the guard who came to report the news from the Prince of Liang’s Mansion, and he wanted to kill the guard again. It’s funny to say that we risked our lives to protect the guard who went to report the news from the Prince of Liang’s Mansion, and searched a letter from the guard. The letter said… He wanted to use the lives of Liu Huanzhang’s entire family as a bargaining chip to threaten Liu Huanzhang to surrender to the Dali Temple and admit that the letter in Tong Ji’s arms was replaced by Liu Huanzhang! He also wanted Huanzhang to insist that the purpose of replacing the letter was to prove that the King of Zhenguo had committed treason! Here is the letter, and you can also ask the two guards of the Prince of Liang’s Mansion to see if what I said is true.”
Xiao Ruohai took out the letter from his arms and held it high above his head…
King Liang was horrified. He never thought that Liu Huanzhang would be discovered by the loyal servant of the Bai family. He subconsciously raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Bai Qingyan. Unexpectedly… he saw Bai Qingyan’s clear and calm eyes looking at him.
Something flashed through his mind, and he suddenly remembered the list that Bai Qingyan got from Qin Dezhao.
Could it be that he fell into a trap? !
“Your Majesty! This Gao Sheng wants to kill Liu Huanzhang and Tian Weijun! He must be the one who framed your Highness! Your Majesty, please understand!” Tong Ji cried and kowtowed to the emperor, “I believe I received it from Gao Sheng! It was him! It must be Gao Sheng!”
Tong Ji’s cries made King Liang feel even colder in his heart.
Lu Jin walked forward, took the letter from Xiao Ruohai, took a look at it, and looked shocked!
It turned out to be a letter written by King Liang himself!
“This…” Lu Jin turned around and looked at the emperor and said, “Your Majesty, this handwriting looks like it was written by Prince Liang himself!”
Bai Qingyan was stunned. A handwritten letter? !
How could Du Zhiwei let King Liang make such a stupid move and leave a handwritten letter… It would be equivalent to handing the evidence to others. Du Zhiwei would never make such a mistake!
The emperor saw that the blood on Prince Liang’s face had completely drained away. He couldn’t even cry anymore and almost chewed his gums: “Give it to me!”
How could the Emperor, the father of the King of Liang, not recognize the handwriting of the King of Liang? !
The emperor was so angry that his hands were shaking when he saw the letter. Seeing this, Lu Jin stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, I think… the handwriting can be imitated. Why not ask the old imperial teacher Tan Song and Mr. Shoushan… two people who are masters of calligraphy to judge it! And this paper and the ink on the paper… also need to be carefully checked, so as not to wrongly accuse His Royal Highness Prince Liang!”
The emperor’s tutor Tan Song has retired and has been enjoying his retirement at home in recent years. He is a man of great virtue and the emperor can trust him.
Mr. Shoushan was a famous idler in the capital city. No one could match his attainments in calligraphy.
“Go and invite!”
The emperor was determined to settle the case today.
Gao Demao immediately ordered someone to invite the imperial teacher Tong Shoushan.
Lu Jin asked Gao Sheng again: “Do you have anything to say?”
Gao Sheng shook his head.
Tong Ji saw this and yelled at the top of his voice: “Gao Sheng, you are such a heartless person! If it weren’t for our Highness taking you in…”
“Tong Ji!” King Liang stopped Tong Ji from saying anything. Gao Sheng was an old subordinate of the Second Prince. If the Emperor knew that he was the one who took in the escaped fish from the Second Prince’s mansion, he would be dead without a burial place.
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